[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H8931-H8932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          FOR EFFECTIVE EDUCATION PARENTS SHOULD BE IN CONTROL

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Pallone] and let me simply, gently 
correct the gentleman.
  The proposed legislation we will bring to the floor of the House will 
help every American family by empowering every parent with the choice 
of how best to educate their child, whether in

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public schools or in an alternative setting.
  Also, the bill we will bring to the House with a tax-free, interest-
bearing account will allow those parents of children with special needs 
to have the ability to find a way to educate their children and, 
moreover, there will be no time limit on those children with special 
needs because we understand full well the challenges they will face, 
the special needs they have.
  Mr. Speaker, what this bill does instead is allow parents the dignity 
to decide how best to educate their children, free from the Washington 
bureaucrats and the notion of centralized planning. It is as elementary 
as ABC.
  Mr. Speaker, for an effective education, parents need to be in 
control.

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